Watermelon is considered an essential fruit during the Tet holiday for Vietnamese families as it symbolizes good luck and prosperity. Today, let’s join the Cooking Tips section to discover how to choose beautiful and delicious watermelons for the Tet fruit tray!
1 Choose melons with shiny, smooth skin
Choose melons that have shiny skin and feel smooth to the touch; these are delicious melons.
Another characteristic is that you must ensure the stripes on the skin are clear, and the melon should be dark green. Additionally, when you press it with your hand, if the skin is still hard and firm, then it is a good melon.
2 Choose melons with dry, small, and withered stems
Apart from the skin, you should also check the stem of the melon. Ripe and delicious melons have dry, shriveled, and withered stems.
Melons with withered stems but not shriveled are immature and will not taste sweet or delicious like ripe melons.
3 Choose melons with small, deeply indented knobs
Very few people pay attention to the knob of the melon (the part at the base of the stem), but it is also a factor in selecting sweet and delicious melons.
The smaller the knob, the better the melon. The sweetness of the melon will be more intense when the knob is deeply indented.
4 Check the ground contact side of the melon
The area of the ground contact side of the melon is the part of the skin that directly touches the ground. Therefore, avoid buying melons that have a ground contact area that is yellowish-green, as these are immature melons.
You should choose melons with a ground contact area that is more yellow, as this indicates that the melon is ripe and delicious. You can refer to the illustration below for more clarity.
5 Choose fruits that are evenly shaped and symmetrical
You should choose a watermelon that is round and even in shape; if it’s long, it should be proportionately elongated.
Holding the watermelon, it should feel firm and heavy relative to its size. When you flick your finger on the watermelon, it should make a “thump thump” sound, indicating that it is ripe and delicious.
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Through the guide how to choose delicious thin-skinned watermelons for the Tet fruit tray above, TasteVN hopes that this Tet you will choose the most satisfactory watermelons and have a warm Tet with your family!
